Docker Job Trends in South Wales

Docker
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Docker skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 49 23
Rank change year-on-year -8 -26 +26
Permanent jobs citing Docker 50 15 51
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 2.31% 2.13% 5.29%
As % of the System Software category 45.05% 28.85% 49.04%
Number of salaries quoted 44 14 50
10th Percentile £52,500 £46,737 -
25th Percentile £60,000 £49,619 £23,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,750 £58,750 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.62% +80.77% -43.15%
75th Percentile £74,750 £64,375 £55,916
90th Percentile £75,000 £74,500 £65,000
Wales median annual salary £66,000 £58,750 £32,500
% change year-on-year +12.34% +80.77% -35.00%

All System Software Skills
South Wales

Docker falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 111 52 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 5.12% 7.38% 10.79%
Number of salaries quoted 88 45 74
10th Percentile £29,550 £35,000 £23,750
25th Percentile £44,375 £46,411 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +61.54% -35.00%
75th Percentile £72,125 £67,500 £53,438
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £65,000
Wales median annual salary £55,000 £51,949 £34,500
% change year-on-year +5.87% +50.58% -23.33%

Docker
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Docker relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Docker job vacancy trend in South Wales

Docker
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Docker.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Docker

Docker
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Docker in South Wales over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Docker in South Wales

Docker
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Docker within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 9 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff -7 42 £68,000 +13.33% 18
Newport - 5 £53,000 - 2
Caerphilly - 3 £67,500 -
Docker
Wales

Docker
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.00%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 42 (84.00%) Azure
2 37 (74.00%) GCP
3 35 (70.00%) AWS
4 5 (10.00%) SaaS
5 4 (8.00%) GitHub
6 3 (6.00%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (6.00%) GitHub Copilot
7 2 (4.00%) Amazon S3
7 2 (4.00%) IaaS
7 2 (4.00%) npm
7 2 (4.00%) PaaS
7 2 (4.00%) Serverless
8 1 (2.00%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (2.00%) AWS Step Functions
8 1 (2.00%) Azure Functions
8 1 (2.00%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (2.00%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.00%) Firewall
1 2 (4.00%) Intranet
2 1 (2.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.00%) Relational Database
2 7 (14.00%) SQL Server
3 4 (8.00%) Ataccama
3 4 (8.00%) IBM InfoSphere
3 4 (8.00%) MySQL
3 4 (8.00%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (8.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (8.00%) TIBCO EBX
4 2 (4.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 11 (22.00%) Git
2 3 (6.00%) JIRA
3 2 (4.00%) Bower
3 2 (4.00%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.00%) GitLab
4 1 (2.00%) IntelliJ
4 1 (2.00%) JUnit
4 1 (2.00%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 9 (18.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (4.00%) Finance
3 2 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (4.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.00%) Banking
4 1 (2.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 26 (52.00%) Senior
2 21 (42.00%) Software Engineer
3 13 (26.00%) Lead
4 12 (24.00%) Technical Leader
5 11 (22.00%) Developer
6 6 (12.00%) Senior Developer
6 6 (12.00%) Senior Software Engineer
7 4 (8.00%) DevOps Engineer
7 4 (8.00%) Java Developer
7 4 (8.00%) Software Developer
8 3 (6.00%) Senior Java Developer
8 3 (6.00%) Senior Software Developer
9 2 (4.00%) Applications Developer
9 2 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (4.00%) Senior DevOps
9 2 (4.00%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 2 (4.00%) Web Developer
10 1 (2.00%) Java Software Developer
10 1 (2.00%) SEO Engineer
10 1 (2.00%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (76.00%) Terraform
2 28 (56.00%) React
3 21 (42.00%) NestJS
4 20 (40.00%) OAuth
4 20 (40.00%) OAuth2
4 20 (40.00%) OpenID
4 20 (40.00%) SAML
5 15 (30.00%) REST
6 9 (18.00%) Node.js
7 7 (14.00%) AngularJS
8 5 (10.00%) HTML
9 4 (8.00%) .NET
9 4 (8.00%) CSS
9 4 (8.00%) RESTful
9 4 (8.00%) Spring
9 4 (8.00%) Spring Boot
10 2 (4.00%) ASP.NET Core
10 2 (4.00%) LESS
10 2 (4.00%) Sass
10 2 (4.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.00%) Cloud Native
2 4 (8.00%) Mobile App
2 4 (8.00%) Reference Data
3 3 (6.00%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.00%) Replication
5 1 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.00%) Linux
2 2 (4.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (70.00%) CI/CD
2 21 (42.00%) Software Engineering
3 16 (32.00%) Containerisation
3 16 (32.00%) Mentoring
4 15 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (28.00%) DevOps
5 14 (28.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 14 (28.00%) Technology Transformation
6 13 (26.00%) Test Automation
7 12 (24.00%) Agile
7 12 (24.00%) Continuous Delivery
8 10 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
9 9 (18.00%) Code Quality
9 9 (18.00%) SDLC
10 7 (14.00%) Micro Frontends
10 7 (14.00%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (14.00%) Secure Coding
10 7 (14.00%) Software Testing
11 6 (12.00%) Observability
11 6 (12.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 16 (32.00%) SQL
2 10 (20.00%) TypeScript
3 7 (14.00%) JavaScript
4 6 (12.00%) Java
5 5 (10.00%) Python
6 3 (6.00%) Bash
6 3 (6.00%) C#
6 3 (6.00%) PowerShell
7 2 (4.00%) PHP
8 1 (2.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (12.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (12.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (4.00%) Degree
2 2 (4.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.00%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 28 (56.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (28.00%) Okta
1 14 (28.00%) Ping Identity
2 12 (24.00%) Informatica
3 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (8.00%) ForgeRock
4 4 (8.00%) IBM
4 4 (8.00%) TIBCO
5 1 (2.00%) Google